Sirius and the Dark Mark

[hollygolightly95]

No: HPFGUIDX 35590

>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "hollygolightly95" 
wrote: 
> > Greetings from London, England. 
> > Apologies if this has been discussed before (couldn't find it in 
>the archives...) 
> > If all Death Eaters have the Dark Mark on their arm, it should be 
> > easy enough to identify them. If Sirius never was a Death Eater, 
he doesn't carry the mark, so why was that not enough to prove his 
> > innocence? Why was he sent to Azkaban without even a trial?  
> > holly 
 
>IIRC, the Dark Marks vanished when LV was defeated by the infant 
>Potter. They did not return until GoF when LV was "reincarnated" by 
>Pettigrew's spell. So it would not have been detectable when Sirius 
>was arrested. 
> 
>A Barkeep in Diagon Alley 
> 

Greetings from London.
All points taken. And very valuable ones too - thanks.
One of the reasons I raised the question is that I thought it would 
help Sirius to clear his name at the end of GoF. If he was a DE and 
carried the Mark it should have returned as it did for Snape and 
Karkaroff. 
Unless Fudge isn't interested of course. I agree with the suggestion 
that he may have had his reasons to see Sirius framed. 

Holly.